The Storyteller

A Flowering Tree (Adams)

Riverside Lyric Opera

2011

Frere Laurent

Romeo et Juliette

Livermore Valley Opera

2011

“Here’s a name to remember: Nicholas Shelton. In his few moments onstage as a Falangist guard, the bass managed to make a striking impression; that is some terrific voice.”

-Jim Ruggirello, The Long Beach Gazette

“Nicholas Shelton (a sonorous Frère Laurent)…sang well and with considerable volume.”

-Jason Victor Serinus, San Francisco Classical Voice

‎”Michelle Rice as Gertrude, Juliette’s nurse, and Nicholas Shelton as Frere Laurent, the priest who marries Romeo and Juliette (and gives her the “poison”), are two standouts… (who) play and sing their way through the changing moods of the story and music with the poise demanded of this fresh yet stylized tragic romance.”



-Ken Bullock, The Independent

“…I’ll single out three things that really struck me: the voice of Nicholas Shelton, who played Zuniga; the acting skill of Danielle Marcelle Bond, who inhabited her role better than most grand divas I’ve seen at the LA Opera; and the children’s chorus, who were utterly adorable.”



- M-M-M-My Pomona